From LaTanya S. Autry: Excerpts from A Museum for the People, 1969

Starting your week with wisdom!

Over the past week, LaTanya S. Autry has shared excerpts from A Museum for the People: A Report of Proceedings at the Seminar on Neighborhood Museums, Museums Collaborative (MUSE) from 1969. The assertions and observations made at the seminar are echoed today…over 50 years later. From LaTanya S. Autry: Excerpts from A Museum for the People, 1969

Brooklyn Academy of Music Successfully Unionizes

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🎉🎉A big congratulations to @bamunion and their successful election yesterday! 82% voted YES!🎉🎉 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Cultural and museum workers are speaking up for their rights. Workers at the Guggenheim announced their push to unionize this week. Marabou wonders, who will be next? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📷Image description: 1) “We Did It!” 2) “Today, 82% voted for a better BAM. Tomorrow we fight for all 100%.” 3) A image of 10 BAM employees sanding in front of one of BAM’s buildings in Brooklyn. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #MuseumWorkers #ArtWorkers #SalaryTransparency #WorkerSolidarity #MuseumEthics #museums #MuseumStudies #MuseumEducation #MarabouAtTheMuseum

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